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This compares unfavourably to the one hour and 43 minutes of time to themselves they think is enough.

Brits would also consider four-and-a-half hours a day with their family ‘enough’ but currently get just three hours.

But while Brits have sex twice a week – in an ideal world, they would be getting lucky on four occasions.

The nation are not falling for what they see on social media either, as nearly seven in 10 of those polled via OnePoll feel celebrities and influencers give unrealistic expectations of how much exercise is ‘enough’.

It also emerged more than a quarter of Brits set themselves a health or fitness related New Year’s resolution, with half of those wanting to lose weight and one in three simply wanted to change their diet.

Others planned to do more exercise, including running, swimming or yoga.

Brits planned to do more exercise this year - including running, swimming and yoga (Image: Getty)

But 29 per cent haven’t been able to stick to it, with 68 per cent of the population feeling celebrities and influencers give people unrealistic expectations of how much exercise is ‘enough’.

Rivera added: "At Virgin Active we believe it’s important to take an honest approach to realistic and achievable exercise goals.

"We encourage our members to do whatever is enough for them, and no-one else. And we can also work with each individual member to find out exactly ‘what their enough is’."

Virgin Active want Brits to find a balance in work, social or fitness goals - and are encouraging people to take an honest approach to exercise goals this year.